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"How Rustam Found a Spring", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · 935–1020

Maximum print size

25.4 × 29.2 cm · 10.0 × 11.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,995 × 3,464 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 25.4 × 29.2 cm · 10.0 × 11.5 in
Mat border, sides: 7.6 cm · 3.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 10.9 cm · 4.3 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1300–30
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Type: Codices
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Animals, Men
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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